Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-09-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Rain is at present a household word in
the Hills.
Cattlemen will soon begin the fall
,round+up.
New sidewalks are being laid in diff
erent parts of town.
Milwaukee keg beer only 5 Cents per
glass at Fritz Ammon's.
Read Fl. Stein & Co.'S card in another
column, the popular druggists.
District Court is still in session at
Deadwood. It is the life of the camp.
The delinquent tax list OF Lawrence
county for 1886 appeared in the Pioneer
Saturday morning.
Office & Tippie are prospecting at
Sturgis, with view to opening a liquor
establishment here.
A fine selection Of mixed pickles just
received at the popular grocery house
Of Arnold & Meyer.
School began Monday, with eighty
two pupils enrolled, thirty two being in
the primary department..
The treasure coach went out Sunday
with about $250,e00, the result of the
clean up of the last half Of the month OF
August.
Nearly every grocer in Sturgis was
out of sugar the last of the week, the
heavy demand being caused in working
up the plum crop.
Milwaukee keg beer only Cents per
glass at Fritz Ammon's.
j. w. Andrews returned to Fremont
with his surveying corps Saturday to do
some work in Nebraska. He had no
knowledge when he would be sent again
to the Hills.
The Ga1ena road receives attention
frOm the Pioneer as follows: .Sturgis is
bound to nave free road to Galena and
the papers of the enterprising city are
doin8all they can TO help the matter
along.
Freight is accommodating at Rapid on
account of the muddy roads. Several
merchants of Sturgis who had merchan-
disc laying out were Offering freighters
an advance over the usual rates to get
their goods In.
Ben Hill passed south Friday with
four outfits loaded with silver bullion
from Galena. 1t was piled in the wagon
boxes like stove wood, though somewhat
more valuable. The bullion represented
upwards Of $4,000.
Tracklaying will be begun about the
first Of next week, if the present pro-
gramme is carried out. We understand
Desparois now has four pile drivers at
work, with which he will be able to keep
out of the way of the tracklayers.
Fay Cowden is generally considered a
quiet inoffensive citizen, but he stirred
up stink Friday night that his neigh
bors will not soon forget. But s'the end
justified the means," and he is excusable.
Something caused a commotion in his
hen roost, and Mr.. Cowden sailed forth
with gun to do up the intruder, which
proved to be that .carniveFaus animal
euphoneously called the skunk. The cat
was killed, but it left a "legacy."
Milwaukee keg beer only Cents per
glass at Fritz Ammon's.
F. j. tMcRIahon, the beef contractor
for the graders, was returning from
Deadwood one evening last weok, and
in descending steep hill, the buggy
tongue dropped, causing his team to run
away. Mr.. McMahm was thrown out
and considerably janmed up about the
head and left arm, but after undergoing
repairs he was able to be around the
following day. Another gentleman was
in the wagon, but he escaped with a
slight bruise by jumping out before the
vehicle was overturned.
Prof. J. B. Hatcher departed for the
east last Wednesday, after spending a
couple of months gathering geological
specimens from the Bad Lands country.
He shipped one car load from this place
to Yale College museum, at New Haven,
Conn r. Baker reports q peculiar
disease prevailing among his cattle.
The head, Jaws, mouth and eyes swell !;
tongue protrudes; froth at the mouth;
can't eat or drink. Mr.. Baker says he
has never seen a disease of this char
acter, and would like to know what it is
and its cause, If any one knows. Her
mosa Pilot.
J. M. Woods, of the well l-known stock
firm OF Woods, White and Woods, ar
rived yesterday from Chicago, where he
marketed large trainload of beef cattle
q few days ago. He was fortunate in
striking the market about right-when
prices were higher and the demand bet
ter than for long time past. He con
sequently feels well pleased with the re-
suit Of his trip, and feels confident, too,
as do stockmen generally, that prices
win not reach as low figure again this
year as prevailed earlier in the season.
The outlook for those who have steers to
market is very favorable at the present
time. Rapid City Journal.